Drinking vessel for cages for the transport of birds.



H. O. BLUMBERGER.

DRINKING VESSEL FOR CAGES FOR THE TRANSPORT 0P BIRDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1909.

1,012,589. Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

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" of Saxonv and Em )ireof (imrln'any have tains and troughs, and especially 't 1d1-inl like, and has for its severalobjects: First, to provide a (h'mkmg vessel ofthe charactaining the vessel is tilted, or -handled with may not waste the drinking water by bathfor receiving and returning into the tunnel water that has 1 AIESrA ENT DRINKING VESSEL FOR GAGES "FQRQTHETR NSPQRT or ums;

To all whom it'may concern: 7 I j Be it. known that LIHnmnrcn ()seAR BLUMni-umnn, merchant, a citizen of Gersiding at Leipzig-Golllis, in'the Kingdom invented certain new, and useful Improvements in' Drinking Vessels tot-Cages for the 'lransport of Birds, of which the" fol: lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relatesto drinking founing vessels for use in cages and crates for the shipment of live stock, birds and the ter stated to prevent spilling of the wa"- ter therefrom when the'cage or crate con unsteady movements; second, tof provider meansby which the bird may drl-nlg but ing therein; and third, to' provide a depressed portlon 1n the cover of the vessel accidentally been displaced therefrom. v

'lhe foregoing objects are attained by the mechanism hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawing which forms a part of this application, in whichthe figure reprcsentsa centrally vertical sectionthrough a drinking vessel embracing the invention. 1 Referring now I to the figure, ill represents a receptaclefor water having a cover 0 integrally united therewith; Disposed centrally within said receptacle is? a funnel b which 'is unitedvwith the covert bye- 00a Specificationiof Letters Patent.

caved portion fof said cover:.- "Sa'id funnel extends towardthebottom e of the vessely but it doesnot contact-therewith.v The con-' caved portion f of the cover has a gradual I Patented Dec. 26, 1911, Application filed g -2 ,1399; Seria l No. 514,804.

"slope toward the funnehffor the purpose of draining hack into thefunnel anyflwaterp,

that maybe accidentally displaced from-the} r funnel. 'Ahorizontally disposed tube g-e X-Lff tends through the concaved portion. and

forms a ventwhereby air mayescapefrom ythereceptacle whenwvater is 'p'oured -i -i'to-' the tunnel. ,Sald tube has'its exterior-fiend turned downwardly to prevent the entrance of solid matter therein. The further obj of this down-turned end is to direct into the concaved portion any Water that-may be accidentally displaced from thereceptacle Itis obvious that if the vessel were tilted in the" direction of the tube g the Waterwould rise and tend to fiow out of the tube,-

andat the same time water from the funnel would flow into the concavedportion and seal the tube 9 against the admission of air.

Therefore the flow of water therefrom would be checked and the-vessel would have 3 f to be tilted at a very considerable angle in order that the water would spill therefrom. I clai1n- In a drinking'vessel, a receptacle't'or water, a cover having a concaved' portion, a

funnel united with the concaved portion sald concaved portlon having a horizontally disposed tube therein, the free end of sald tube being turned downwardly for the purpose specified.

'"InWitness ;\vl1e1'e0f, I subscribe my sig nature, in presence of two witnesses.

f EHEtNRIOH OSCAR BLUM-BERGER. lVitnesse's: i v v "PAUL Alums, I y PAUL H. ALnnIcHT. 

